brwi wrote:Madden isn't significant enough to create bulletin board material for an opposing team. Outside of Pittsburgh, he's a complete nobody or only for someone who gets their memory jogged by remembering that he was the fat idiot trying to be a pro wrestling commentator/wrestler in the WCW or insulting the hell out of LGP readers.

tifosi77 wrote:This is a ginormous pet peeve of mine. "The refs shouldn't influence the game". Pfft. Not calling obvious penalties is a form of interference. Always hated that as a player.

Not saying the Malkin play in OT should've been a penalty, just chiming in on the concept.

Watch the Olympics or other world hockey tournaments. They call all penalties, even if it ends up with one team getting 18 PP vs 2 PP. It's wonderful, and you can really appreciate the hockey instead of watching whatever the NHL calls it's product.